Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 19

The next morning, Allison left for an overseas conference,

When Ella called, Stephanie couldn’t help but smirk. “Tell your cousin to say fat for a lot longer Alton’s gone Shell out of town for about a month

Ella sounded surprised. “How do you know that? Did she call you?”

Stephanie: “Yeah, she called me at 1 AM last night.”

Ella let out a small laugh. “She called you at 1 AM to tell you her schedule? Is the crazy?

She knew doctors had weird hours, but I AM? That was a new level of bizarre for Allison

Stephanie laughed, “Actually, she called about Olivia.”

Ella was intrigued. “Olivia? What happened to her?”

Stephanie paused, and then she replied, “She got admitted to the hospital last night. Apparently, she’s got a bunch of diseases.”

Ella’s voice immediately shifted, a mix of shock and confusion. “A bunch? How many? What kind of diseases?”

Stephanie filled her in on everything she knew, and Ella was stunned.

Just yesterday, she’d seen Olivia and Chris at a gynecology clinic, and she’d assumed it was because Olivia was pregnant.

Turns out, it was because she was seriously sick.

Stephanie recalled what Allison told her yesterday. “Uterine cancer, heart disease, and I think liver cancer too.”

Ella gasped, her voice shaky. “What… how does she have so many diseases? And uterine cancer? How does that even happen?”

Like Stephanie, Ella seemed to think uterine cancer was something that came with an indulgent lifestyle.

Ella heard about the uterine

‘ethical doctor,

down and said, “Okay, no gossip. But seriously–there’s no way Chris and Olivia have a future. I mean, what kind of family would want a

conservative.”

on Olivia. They knew she was the daughter of a

health problems, there was no

Olivia’s health issues, the older members of the Ashford family

if they start pushing for you and Chris to get married instead.”

lock Stephanie down now–especially since she

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Stephanie was the perfect replacement for

Ella wasn’t wrong.

a close

and were especially concerned about

breakfast before heading

there, she got a call from Chris’s mom. “Stefi, come by for lunch today, I’ll cook your favorite dishes, Chris will

shook her head, even though Grace couldn’t see it. “Thanks, but I’ve got a lot going on this afternoon. I

her a massive project, and she wasn’t about to leave it to the designers. She needed to be hands–on.

“Is this about Olivia? And you’re

to respond. She didn’t want to be rude, but Grace

I come find

of respect. “Okay, I’ll

letting up, so it seemed easier to just go and deal with it in person.

a chance to clear up whatever hope the Hart family had

up, a strange number flashed on

She answered, “Hello?”

was Chris’s

almost hung up right away. The sound of his voice already had her blood